inundate

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ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει → one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. trans.

Ar. and P. κατακλύζειν. Met., overwhelm: P. and V. κατακλύζειν. The sea forming into a wave inundated part of the city: P. ἡ θάλασσα . . . κυματωθεῖσα ἐπῆλθε τῆς πόλεως μέρος τι (Thuc. 3, 89).